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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Metria » Live Oak Metria Moth - Hodges#8666 (Metria amella)
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Caterpillar - Metria amella
Copyright © 2012 Jeff Hollenbeck

Caterpillar - Metria amella
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
April 30, 2012
Size: 50mm fully extended
Larva matches the plate @ MPG 8591 – Phoberia atomaris, but looks nothing like the 8591 larvae here at BG, or is there a drastic color/body change or different variations?
Found on Live Oak and eats it as well.

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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 2 May, 2012 - 6:00pm
Last updated 2 May, 2012 - 10:06pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 May, 2012 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

This looks like Live Oak Metria
Metria amella in the new Owlet Cat book, pg 166
Looks like the image on MPG is wrong. We'll let Bob know.
… john and jane balaban, 2 May, 2012 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank
you! Much better match.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 May, 2012 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

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